Volume Three: Qiongzhou ? Five Elements Chapter Nineteenth Another Cave Heaven Smoke Cleared

  At first, she nodded slightly, her face growing even paler.

  Lin Meng'er also saw it and was heartbroken. She said: "Senior brother, hold on for a little while longer, over there we can rest!"

  The old man saw the couple coming out of the bamboo forest on the ninth day, and slowly got up, shouting loudly towards the kitchen: "Old lady, come out quickly! There have been no guests here for four years, and unexpectedly a golden boy and jade girl came today!" His voice was loud and clear, with a joyful tone.

  It's just that the kitchen is over twenty zhang away from here, his voice can be heard clearly without any effort, showing how profound his inner strength is!

  He had known that someone had entered the array since he and Lin Ming'er entered the bamboo forest on the ninth day. Although the "Three Lines Eight Trigrams Like Mind Array" in this bamboo forest was not set up by him, he and his wife had been here for over a decade, and the guardian deity was also here. They were naturally very familiar with every layer of the array, knowing that it was extremely mysterious and that ordinary people or general Jianghu figures could not break it. Thanks to this array, no one had disturbed their valley all these years. Generally, outsiders would become dizzy and confused in the array, and he and his wife would only move them out of the array after they fainted, without harming them.

  After a long time, there were also villagers from nearby mountains who got lost in it and woke up outside the bamboo forest. After returning, it was naturally passed on from one to ten, and ten to hundred, passing on the legend of the magical place in this valley, with many believing that there are fox fairies living inside.

  So for these years, the nearby residents no longer come to this strange valley, and it's also peaceful.

  Today is the ninth day of the lunar month, and Lin Meng'er has just entered the formation. This old man said to his wife, "It's rare for someone to enter the formation. I wonder how long they can last without fainting? Xiao Wan, take a guess?"

  At that time, the woman smiled and said: "I'll go cook, if I haven't come out after finishing cooking, it's possible that I won't be able to get out of the formation by myself forever!"

  Who knew that now this woman had just steamed rice and stir-fried a dish, and on the ninth day, Lin Niang'er would come out of her trance!

  The old man did not expect that the young boy and girl would be able to break through the formation so quickly, but when he saw Lin Meng'er come out of the formation first, with a look of confusion on her face, he knew that the one who had broken through the formation was naturally the black-faced youth in the forest!

  He has disliked speaking for decades, but in the past decade or so, he rarely sees outsiders and is overjoyed when he does, throwing caution to the wind and blurting out words of welcome.

  As expected, the old woman also came out of the thatched hut directly, wiping her hands on her clothes repeatedly. Her eyes were bright, and although there were some wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, which had aged, she still looked elegant as in her youth. She was also very kind-hearted, and when she saw Lin Ju's face not looking right, cold sweat dripping down, she smiled and said to Lin Mei'er: "Little girl, your lover is seriously injured, can't you help him come in and rest?"

  She was a member of the Devil's Sect, and as expected, her words were different from others. Her thatched cottage was still nearly a hundred meters away from the edge of the bamboo forest, and her voice seemed not to be loud, but on the ninth day, Lin Bi'er could hear it clearly. It seems that this woman has profound internal power and is also a person in the forest.

  Lin Meng'er's heart skipped a beat, her face flushed, and she took a few steps forward, saying: "Auntie, he is my senior brother. We came to this thatched cottage on someone's request to find someone!" In fact, she was feeling a thousand emotions in her heart and didn't know how to respond.

  However, her voice can only be heard for 30 or 40 meters. The old man could hear it, but if the woman's internal strength was not profound, he would not have been able to hear clearly.

  That old man suddenly said after sizing up Lin Ming'er and Chu Qi: "The higher the Tao is, the more evil it becomes!"

  Lin Meng'er was taken aback, still in her own world. The old woman's sudden question startled her, and she didn't know how to respond. Amidst her confusion, she heard Chu Jiu say from the side: "The Tao is exhausted, the demon is long, this year is still!"

  Dian Cang Sect is a well-known Taoist school, a prestigious and orthodox sect. At first, Jiǔ didn't quite agree with this statement, but the secret signal had been given, so he couldn't help but say it out loud.

  He was injured outside the White Emperor Temple this morning, and the centipede's poison may have already entered his meridians. His "hand taiyin lung meridian" is in complete disarray, and he can't even circulate his breath properly. The "Ren Meridian" has also been shaken, and all the acupoints from Qu Gu to Zhong Ji, Guan Yuan, and Shi Men seem to have shifted positions. He hasn't had time to carefully cultivate his energy to heal his injuries, and just now he was in the bamboo forest figuring out how to break through the "Three Rows Eight Trigrams As You Wish Formation". His mind is completely exhausted, and when he walked out of the bamboo forest, he could only rely on the horse's back to support himself from falling over.

  So, as soon as he finished saying "the way is gone and magic is long, this year is still!", he fainted on the ninth day!

  It wasn't until after a long time had passed that Jiǔ slowly woke up, opened his eyes to find himself lying on a bamboo bed, with a ray of sunlight shining in from outside, feeling especially comfortable.

  He moved his body, the sword wound on his left arm had been completely bandaged, and he could move freely. He sat up, took a deep breath, and suddenly felt no blockage in his dantian. It seemed that the "Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian" had been opened, and the stagnant blood in the meridians had been forced out. His injury had healed by 70% after just one sleep, and he couldn't help but feel great joy. He quickly got up, put on his shoes, and went out the door.

  Outside the door, Lin Qing'er was drying her old clothes with Chu Jiu by the small river. She saw that the big woman also had some clothes to wash and directly took them to wash.

  Although Lin Meng'er was the daughter of the leader on Mount Diancang, she was extremely noble and kind by nature. She and her father, as well as her two junior sisters, always washed their own clothes in the 19th stream of Mount Diancang, never asking Fifth Master's wife to do it for them. Occasionally, when they had some free time, they would also help wash Chujiu's clothes.

  Now, the old woman is smiling, looking at Lin Meng'er, and the long-bearded old man is still leisurely sunbathing.

  On the ninth day, he went out of the house. The old man with a long beard did not turn his head back, but already knew and said: "Old woman, this young man is indeed extraordinary in terms of physical strength. With such a serious injury, he can get out of bed in just one or two nights!"

  The old woman turned around and smiled: "Xiao Jiu, young hero, how is your injury feeling?" It was Lin Meng'er who told them Xiao Jiu's name.

  On the ninth day, I heard this and was startled, and couldn't help but ask: "Senior, could it be that I've been sleeping for a whole day and two nights?"

  The old woman nodded, and on the ninth day she came to his side, her left hand slowly extending, taking the pulse of the young man's left wrist. After a long while, she smiled and said: "Old fellow, this young hero is indeed extraordinary. His pulse is something I've never seen before. However, I do know that with such severe injuries, an ordinary person would need at least three days and nights to recover, and even then, it would take a month for a full recovery. But this young man has awakened so quickly, it's truly a miracle! To fully recover, he'll only need about ten more days. How wonderful!"

  On the ninth day, he made a long bow and said with respect: "Thank you very much for the kindness of saving my life from both seniors. I really feel much better now!" The black mud on his face had been washed away by Lin Meng'er while he was unconscious, revealing a smiling sunny youth.

  "It's just a small matter, it's easy to do, why bother?" The old woman was very happy, but her mouth didn't stop talking, only her eyes were slightly red and swollen, as if she had cried the night before.

  Lin Meng'er also saw that her senior brother had walked out of the thatched cottage on his own, and was extremely delighted. After drying her clothes, she ran over. Having just encountered danger, she was now relieved, and her heart was truly filled with joy beyond measure.

  "It wasn't, brother. The night before last, thanks to the old lady, he and Master Longxu were busy until deep in the night, only finishing the treatment for you. They said you might still be asleep for three days and three nights, but you woke up early!" Her face still had puffy eyes from crying the previous night.

  The old woman laughed and said: "Miss Lin, you only mentioned your foolish husband, why didn't you mention yourself? Are you afraid that your brother-in-law would go hungry? The night before last and all day yesterday, who knows how much rice porridge she fed her brother-in-law!" Lin Mei's face turned red again, and Chu Jiu's heart also moved, naturally there was indeed something going on.

  On the ninth day, I saw that the surroundings were empty and desolate, with no signs of human habitation. This couple lived here, and their conversation was different from that of the three masters. I feared they might be impostors, and my heart felt gloomy.